High chair.



Patented Mar. 19, 1918.

INVENTOR WITNESSES ATTORNEY nip.

WILLIAM IE. 000K, or JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

HIGH CHAIR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 19, 1918.

Application filed June 12, 1916. Serial No. 103,246.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. COOK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in HighChairs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to chairs, and more particularly, to an attachmentfor childrens chairs, commonly called high-chairs.

It is the principal object of the invention, to provide an attachmentfor chairs of the type stated, whereby a child will be prevented fromrising in the chair and falling therefrom.

An important characteristic of the present invention, resides in thenovel construction of the strap attaching means, whereby, materialupward movement of the child will be positively prevented, the saidattaching means being so arranged as to cause the child to straddle thesame and by so doing will eliminate the liability of the child slippingforwardly out of the chair.

Another important feature of the invention resides in the mounting ofthe strap attaching means, which may be readily moved into and out ofthe way, whereby to permit the child to be easily removed from the chairwhen so desired.

All of the foregoing together with other advantageous details andarrangement of parts of the preferred embodiment of my invention will beclear from the specific description hereinafter contained, when read inconnection with the accompanying drawings forming a part thereof,wherein said embodiment of the invention is illustrated for the purposeof facilitating a full understanding of the present improvement.

In the drawings:

Figure l-is a front elevation of a childs chair with my improvedattachment applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a fragmental section in detail showing the specific mountingand arrangement of the strap attaching means, and

Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken on the line 33 of Fig, 2.

Referring more paiticularly to'the drawings wherein like referencenumerals refer to corresponding parts throughout the views, I employ theusual chair which I have indicated in entirety by the numeral 1, thechair being provided with a pivotally mounted food supporting tray 2,which is attached to the back of the chair by means of arm portions 3.In the preferred embodiment of my attachment, I arrange upon the seat ofthe chair, at a point substantially the middle of the outer marginaledge, a bracket member 4 having formed upon its outermost extremity, anannular collar 5. This bracket 4.- may be attached to the under side ofthe seat by any suitable means, such as screws or the like. Acylindrical post 6 having an enlarged head portion 7 formed upon itslower extremity is receivable within the annular collar 5 of the bracket4 and is adapted for vertical movement therein. elongated slot 8 isformed within the upper extremity of the cylindrical closure 6 to oneside thereof and provides for means whereby the body encircling strap 9may be passed therethrough. A laterally distended finger 10 having asuitable opening adjacent one end thereof, is receivable upon the upperextremity of the cylindrical post 6 and is immovably affixed thereto. Acatch 11 which is secured to the underside of the pivotally attachedfood supporting tray 2 by means of fastening devices 12 is adapted toreceive the outer portion of the laterally distended finger 10 and whenthus engaged it will be obvious that the cylindrical post 6 will be heldin distended position ready for receiving the body encircling strap 9through its elongated slot 8.

I In attaching the strap 9 to the body of thechild. it is obvious thatthe child is first placed within the seat of the chair and the strapthen fastened around it. The legs of the child extending forwardly willbe straddling the cylindrical post 6 and consequently, will prevent itfrom slipping forward beneath the food tray 2 and falling to the floor.To remove the child from the chair, it is only necessary that the strap9 be disconnected, the post turned slightly within its supportingbracket so as to disengage the laterally distended finger 10 from thereceiving catch 11 whereupon, the post will then move to its lowermostposition as shown to advantage in dotted lines in Fig. 2. thuspermitting the ready removal of the child, when the food supporting tray2 has been swung upwardly over its head.

From the foregoing, it will be obvious to workers in the art, that Ihave provided for a simple and inexpensive attachment whereby the childwill be positively prevented All from climbing out of its chairandfalling to the floor, also a device which may be readily attached toany of the so-called highchairs. as now marketed without alterationthereto.

Still further embodiments of the invention than those herein especiallydefined can be resorted to as conditions and preference may dictate andas may be in keeping with the hereto appended claims.

I claim:-

1. An attachment for childrens chairs,

. comprising a slidable vertically disposed a body encircling strapthereto.

8. An attachment for childrens chairs, comprising an annular bracketsecured to the seat of a chair, of a slidable vertically disposed memberreceivable within said bracket and provided with means upon its lowerextremity to prevent excessive upward movement thereof, means arrangedupon the upper extremity of said member engageable with the foodsupporting tray of the chair whereby the same may be maintained in araised position, and a slot formed within the upper extremity of thevertically disposed member for facilitating the attachment of a bodyencircling strap thereto.

4:. An attachment for childrens chairs, comprising an annular bracketsecured to the seat of a chair, a slidable vertically disposed memberreceivable within said annular bracket and having an enlarged head arranged upon its lowermost extremity to prevent excessive upward movementthereof, a laterally distended finger arranged upon the upper extremityof the vertically disposed Copies of this patent may be obtained formember and engageable with the food supporting tray of the chair wherebysaid member may be maintained in its raised position, and a slot formedwithin the upper extremity of said member for facilitating the attachingof a body encircling strap thereto.

5. An attachment for childrens chairs,

including, incombination with a chair having a pivotally mounted foodsupporting tray, of an annular bracket secured to the seat of the chair,a slidable vertically disposed member receivable by said annular bracketand having an enlarged head arranged upon its lower extremity for pre-,venting excessive upward movement there-;

of, a catch arranged upon the lower face of the food tray, a laterallydistended finger carried upon the upper extremity of said verticallydisposed member engageable withsaid catch whereby the same may be main--marginal edge thereof and at a point substantially the middle of thesame, a catch arranged upon the under face of the food supporting tray,a laterally distended finger carried upon the upper extremity of saidvertically disposed member and engageable with said catch,,a slotformedadjacent the,

upper extremity of the vertically disposed member for facilitating theattaching of a body encircling strap thereto, said vertically disposedmember being so arranged as to cause a child to straddle the same whenpositioned in the chair.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM F. ooox.

Witnesses FREDERICK S'ronoKEL, CARL HERRMANN.

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